To be honest farming pack wasn't on my wishlist, but when I saw the trailer I was pleasantly surprised of this expansion and now I'm sure that I will buy it. In my imagination I planned that I put some farmhouses, maybe rental lot and some community lots in HoB but not. This time our new world has only 12 lots in total and only 2 empty lots maybe. I'm tired of that. Again I need to decide what to build or destroy premade houses which I generally want to leave in my savefiles. I totally can not understand why can't we receive bigger lots especially that we have closed neighborgoods and lots. What is more, we can have only 20 sims per loading screen. Currently we have 37 empty lots in total (with Newcrest)and with a new expansion, we will have 39 empty lots per save in total. It is really, really small number especially if you have one or two free lots per map. EA really destroys my fun because of that every time, because I have to choose what is more important for me, which family should I put into the map ect. I totally don't see any adventages of loading screens then.

......https://twitter.com/SimGuruRomeo/status/1403074148537028608

I'm not really surprised by the size of the world. I would have preferred a world in the size of windenburg but I don't think that will be happening again. As long as the neighbourhoods have 4 or 5 lots per neighbourhood, I am OK with it.

Only 12 lots? I’m surprised by that. For an expansion the minimum should be at least 15. 3 neighbourhoods, each with five lots. Maybe one neighbourhood is empty to fill up yourself. I have to choose which houses to keep from each pack because I love to build, so it means a lot of houses have to go to free up the space. ??

I would have preferred more lots, but am okay with the size, especially since it is supposed to be a village. What’s more important to me is how vast the neighbourhood is to make it feel bigger. Is it like Windenburg, quite a lot of navigatable space between lots? They said there is a forrest for example.To me that’s more important! How open does it feel? Then again, I am not a builder, so that might be why

I think the world has too few lots. It would not have taken much for me to be satisfied just 2-3 more lots. I prefer neighborhoods to have 5 lots. I would have been okay with the 2 4-lot neighborhoods and the town center to have 6 lots.

Henford-on-Bagley is a new ridiculously small world again

elliebreton
Seasoned Veteran
4 years ago
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https://twitter.com/SimGuruRomeo/status/1403074148537028608
atreya33
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
I'm not really surprised by the size of the world. I would have preferred a world in the size of windenburg but I don't think that will be happening again. As long as the neighbourhoods have 4 or 5 lots per neighbourhood, I am OK with it.
ncisGibbs_BOSS
4 years ago
Only 12 lots? I’m surprised by that. For an expansion the minimum should be at least 15.
3 neighbourhoods, each with five lots. Maybe one neighbourhood is empty to fill up yourself.

I have to choose which houses to keep from each pack because I love to build, so it means a lot of houses have to go to free up the space. ??
LenaDieters5634
4 years ago
I would have preferred more lots, but am okay with the size, especially since it is supposed to be a village. What’s more important to me is how vast the neighbourhood is to make it feel bigger. Is it like Windenburg, quite a lot of navigatable space between lots? They said there is a forrest for example.
To me that’s more important! How open does it feel? Then again, I am not a builder, so that might be why
Evyeve1007
New Adventurer
4 years ago
I think the world has too few lots. It would not have taken much for me to be satisfied just 2-3 more lots. I prefer neighborhoods to have 5 lots. I would have been okay with the 2 4-lot neighborhoods and the town center to have 6 lots.
JemmaTheSimmer
4 years ago
If they're saying it's rural so don't reflect many lots, they better not have lots of fake shell buildings.

Still one more lot than Del Sol Valley, but that's not a high bar. It seems similar to Evergreen Harbor, as it has 11 + apartments (apartments don't fully count for me as I can't convert them to a community lot or do anything with them). I was hoping for at least 13/14.

Even with performance, if Mt Komorebi has 14 why couldn't this one? Even just 2 more would have helped.
manicobsessive1
Seasoned Newcomer
4 years ago
Ooh, where did they reveal how many lots there are? Was there anything else I've missed? Lol.
JemmaTheSimmer
4 years ago
Also here's what I've seen for more details:

Devon Bumpkin did the pub and a farmhouse on a 64x64 lot (just 1 of these, confirmed on twitter).

Thomas TV did 3, two starter homes, one other. He said all were unoccupied, not sure if last one is a house or community lot though. I can't find it now but I thought I saw that two were 30x20 and one was 50x40, though that info has disappeared now.

HeyHarrie did 3 lots, including a blurred out home (by the looks of it) in the trailer in the town center area. Can't see any more info there.

Clare Siobhán did two lots, not seen any info for hers.

Given there are twelve total, I'm assuming the other two are empty.
LenaDieters5634
4 years ago
I am hoping to get an interactive map ahead of release again with premades and all
Hannee
4 years ago
As many have said, even just a couple more lots would have been ideal buuut I'm reserving judgement until I see the world in person I think. Having spent most of my life in English and Welsh villages, they are often pretty small but spaced out. So where I would usually place several community lots in a new town, traditionally you'd only usually have a village shop and a pub (maybe a takeaway restaurant too) which leaves me with I think a pretty decent spread of other lots for farms and cottages, we'll see though!
I just hope that there is a neighbourhood with bigger lots, like one 64x64, one 40x30 and a couple of 50x50. I do not want another world filled with 30x20 or 20x20!